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            <h1 class="title">US Department of Agriculture</h2>
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                The US Department of Agriculture provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, and  related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science, and efficient management. <span class="footnote">Agency description from <a href="http://www.usda.gov/">USDA website</a>.</span>

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                <h2 class="title"><a href="/us/exec/ag/cnpp">Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion</a></h2>
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                    The <a href="/us/exec/ag">USDA</a> Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) works to improve the  health and well-being of Americans by developing and promoting dietary guidance that links scientific  research to the nutrition needs of consumers.<span class="footnote">Agency description from  <a href="http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Default.htm">CNPP website</a>.</span>

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                <h2 class="title"><a href="/us/exec/ag/ers">Economic Research Service</a></h2>
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                    The Economic Research Service is a primary source of economic information and research in the  U.S. Department of Agriculture. With over 350 employees, ERS conducts a research program to inform  public and private decisionmaking on economic and policy issues involving food, farming, natural  resources, and rural development.<span class="footnote">Agency description from <a href="http://ers.usda.gov/AboutERS/">USDA website</a>.</span>

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                <h2 class="title"><a href="/us/exec/ag/nass">National Agricultural Statistics Service</a></h2>
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                    The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts hundreds of surveys every year  and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture. Production and supplies  of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm finances,  chemical use, and changes in the demographics of U.S. producers are only a few examples.  <span class="footnote">Agency description from <a href="http://www.nass.usda.gov/About_NASS/index.asp"> USDA NASS website</a>.</span>

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